Authorities search for missing women in SW Minn. - Argus LeaderJACKSON, Minn. – An 80-year-old Lakefield, Minn., woman has been missing since Tuesday. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office has begun a search for Myrna Hunt, who left her home en route to an appointment in Lakefield but never arrived. Hunt is
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World premiere of the PGO Cévennes Turbo-CNG - The Auto ChanelThe number of gas-powered vehicles in Switzerland rose last year by 2500 to around 5800 and there are approximately 100 filling stations offering natural gas where they can fill up. At the Geneva Motor Show (March 6 to 16, 2008), the Swiss Natural [...]
Beaumont Unified opens CNG station for its buses; public welcome too - Riverside Press EnterpriseBEAUMONT - Beaumont Unified School District on Monday unveiled a new $600,000 fueling station that will service cars and trucks powered by compressed natural gas. It’s considered to be more environmentally friendly and less costly than diesel and
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House Energy Bill Would Accelerate Growth of NGV Fueling - Businesswire.comWASHINGTON–( BUSINESS WIRE )–The energy bill introduced today by the Democratic House Leadership — the ‘ ‘ Comprehensive American Energy Security and Consumer Protection Act ’ ’ – could play a major role in expanding the natural gas
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Sharp tax hikes in Uttar Pradesh irk businesses, consumers - FreshnewsThe Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to sharply hike the value added tax (VAT) in the state and also impose an entry tax on certain items has raised the hackles of both businesses and consumers in the state. The state government took the decision [...]
Los Angeles light rail train hits bus - Charleston Daily MailLOS ANGELES - A light rail train slammed into a bus near downtown during Friday morning’s commute, injuring 14 people, none seriously, officials said. The Metro Blue Line train was on a run to Long Beach while the bus was not in service. Fourteen [...]
Roadshow: When alarms pass gas - Silicon ValleyQ How about a column about what I call “alarm farts” - those annoying little bursts of sound that let people know they’ve either locked or unlocked their vehicle? Why do I call ‘em alarm farts? The alarm part should be obvious. The fart part is [...]
Air-Powered Car Coming to U.S. in 2009 to 2010 at Sub-$18,000, Could - Popular MechanicsThe CityCAT, already being developed in India (bottom left), will be available for U.S. production in three different four-door styles. But it’s the radical dual-energy engine, with a possible 1000-mile range at 96 mph, that could move the [...]
Ike Watch: Hurricane Didn’t Slam Refining, But Gas Prices Will Rise - Wall Street JournalSo Hurricane Ike didn’t do as much damage as experts feared to the nation’s oil-refining complexes. That doesn’t mean U.S. drivers are out of the woods yet. Expect more (AP) The big fear was that Ike’s storm surges would lead to [...]
Air-Powered Car Coming to U.S. in 2009 to 2010 at Sub-$18,000, Could - Popular MechanicsThe CityCAT, already being developed in India (bottom left), will be available for U.S. production in three different four-door styles. But it’s the radical dual-energy engine, with a possible 1000-mile range at 96 mph, that could move the [...]